Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen (/
2hoːʋɑr
2hɔlməˌfjuːr
1luːrəntsn̩/; born 2 October 1992) is a Norwegian
speed skater
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specialising in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m distances.
Career
Lorentzen has a 9th place from the
World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
races in Heerenveen in December 2011 as his best international senior result, and was awarded the gold medal for the 1000 m for the 2012
World Junior Championships after the original winner
Pavel Kulizhnikov
Pavel Aleksandrovich Kulizhnikov (russian: Павел Александрович Кулижников; born 20 April 1994) is a Russian speed skater. He won the men's 500 metres event at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships as well as t ...
was disqualified for a doping offence.
Lorentzen represents
Fana IL
Fana Idrettslag is the biggest multi-sport club in Fana, Bergen, Norway. It has several branches, of which football is the largest. Fana IL was founded on the 3rd of March in 1920 at Stend in Bergen.
The different sports
There are a broad scal ...
. Football player
Håkon Holmefjord Lorentzen is a younger brother of Håvard.
At the
2018 Winter Olympics
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, opened_by = President Moon Jae-in
, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
, stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium
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in
Pyeongchang
Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...
, Lorentzen surpassed expectations by winning the gold medal at the
500 m event and silver in the
1000 m event.
Records
Personal records
Updated January 2023
World records
List of World Records set by Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen.
Olympic records
List of Olympic Records set by Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen.
World Cup
Overall in the World cup
Updated after the 2013/14 season.
References
External links
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1992 births
Norwegian male speed skaters
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic speed skaters of Norway
Sportspeople from Bergen
Living people
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in speed skating
Olympic gold medalists for Norway
Olympic silver medalists for Norway
Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists
World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
21st-century Norwegian people
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